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Secrets

Chapter 18 – Rescue Attempt

Trisha smiled as she saw Dean standing in the doorway, his gun drawn and aimed at her heart. "Well hello handsome…I was beginning to wonder when you'd show up."

Dean saw Sam hanging from the hook in the middle of the room, blood was pooling under his bare feet from the wounds on his brother's body. He turned his eyes towards the woman standing in front of him and decided that she had to die…no soft hearted pleas from his brother would convince him otherwise. As he started to pull the trigger, he heard a voice in his head. "You can't kill me Dean…you need to aim that gun at Sam and pull the trigger."

Dean's hand shook as the gun moved from Trisha to Sam. "No!" Dean struggled against the impulse to pull the trigger. "Andy!" Dean managed before the gun discharged and he heard his brother scream.

Andy had been waiting outside as Dean had instructed. Dean thought he might be able to get a shot off at the woman and end it without exposing Andy to any danger. He hated to admit it, but he was glad…he never thought of himself as the heroic type. Suddenly he heard Dean's agonized cry and then heard the gun shot.

Andy moved quickly to the door and entered, his eyes seeing Sam hanging from the hook and Dean kneeling on the floor panting, the gun in his hand was moving to aim towards Sam again. Andy stepped forward into the room and gave his command. "Dean stop!"

Dean stopped and looked gratefully at Andy. He pulled the weapon up and aimed at Trisha, but the woman was already moving as he aimed the gun, he heard her yell but she continued out the door. Dean shook his head trying to clear the pain that was suddenly behind his eyes. He had to get to the woman before she got away. He stumbled towards the door but heard a loud explosion and hung back. He carefully left the cabin and looked around, but Trisha was no where in site and neither was her car.

He looked further and realized what the sound was that he had heard. "Shit…my poor baby! What do people have against you??" Dean walked to the Impala and saw all four tires were flat…blown at once. Of course, the bigger problem now was that they had no way to get out of here, Sam was badly hurt and that crazy woman was running around free. "Great, just freakin' great!" Dean said as he hurried back to the cabin.

Andy had seen someone move in the corner and pulled the gun from his waist band. He aimed the gun and moved forward carefully. "Hello…don't worry I won't hurt you!" Andy said as he saw the terror in the young woman's eyes. She backed further into the corner turning her body so that all he could see was her back. He heard the broken sobs and moved slower.

Andy had never seen anything like this before…he thought shooting his brother had been bad…but to see what was going on with Sam and Dean. He couldn't believe that such evil could exist. "There, there…let me help you." Andy said softly. He watched as the woman turned to look at him.

"You're just like her aren't you?" Melissa whispered. She had seen what Andy had done with Dean and was afraid. What would he make her do?

"Well I hope not…my name is Andy. Who are you?" Andy watched the emotions flowing across the young woman's face.

At that moment, Dean came back into the cabin. He noticed Andy in the corner talking to some woman. "Who is she?"

"I don't know Dean, but she's terrified. I think she's one of Trisha's victims." Andy placed a calming hand on the woman's shoulders. He could feel her shaking beneath his hand.

"Andy, I need you to help me get him down and onto the bed." Dean said as he moved towards Sam. His brother hadn't made a sound after Dean had shot him. He looked and saw the bullet wound in his brother's thigh. A quick exam showed that the bullet had passed straight through and had missed the bone. "Oh God Sammy…I'm so sorry!"

Dean and Andy managed to get Sam to the bed. Dean had sent Andy to get the first aid kit and their bags out of the trunk of the car. He couldn't believe the amount of damage that had been done to his brother. He noticed the dried blood on the bedding and almost gagged. Sam's blood was all over the room, but worse, Sam's blood was all over Dean's hands; the same hands that delivered his brother to this torture chamber.

Dean stepped back and for the first time in his life, he didn't think he could touch his brother. Sam was afraid that he was going to turn into a monster, their father had been afraid that Sam would turn into a monster, but in reality…the one who had turned into the monster was Dean.

Andy came in and saw Dean standing back from his brother. His hands clenching and unclenching as his body shook. "Dean?"

Dean shook his head and looked back at Andy. "He's hurt so bad…I just don't…I don't know…Oh, God, I don't even know where to start." Dean looked again at the blood coating his hands and shuddered.

Sam suddenly groaned and moved his head to look at the new voices in the room. "Dean" Sam whispered afraid he was seeing things he tried to reach with his hand to grab his brother, but Dean backed away from him.

"Dean!" Sam cried, not understanding why Dean was backing up. "Dean I didn't give in…I swear, he tried…but I wouldn't let him…please Dean!"

Dean shook his head and pushed his own emotions back to be dealt with later. Right now his brother needed him and he would do what he could. "Shhhhh…Sammy, it's ok."

But Sam couldn't hear, he was slipping back into the darkness of his mind. Dean watched as his brother's eyes closed; a lone tear falling down Sam's face. "Sammy!" Dean moved then going into protective mode. He needed to clean his brother up so that he could see and treat the damage. "Andy, can you see if there are any clean sheets or blankets around here…also, there is bottled water in the car, bring some in…I need it to clean his wounds."

"Sure Dean." Andy once again left to see what he could find in the car. As he passed the figure in the corner, he noticed that she was asleep. He made a note to check on her the next time he came back.

It took Dean over an hour to work on Sam. The whole time he listened as his brother moaned and cried in his sleep. He had tried to rouse Sam more than once, but his brother was too weak. He knew that Sam was running a fever and that he should be in the hospital. But right now there was nothing he could do. Both he and Andy had tried their cell phones, but there was no service this far in the forest preserve. "We have to get him some help…he's going to die otherwise." Dean said thinking out loud.

He jumped at the soft voice in the corner of the room. "There is a phone…at the cabin where Sam and I escaped to…the one he called you from."

Dean moved to take a closer look at the young woman. She looked to be in bad shape herself. "My name is Dean…and you are?" Dean said flashing her with his most charming smile.

"I'm Melissa…will Sam be ok?" Melissa was afraid to say too much. She had seen the cold hatred in Dean's eyes when he looked at Trisha…she could only imagine what he would do to her if he found out she was the one who had done the damage to his brother.

Dean looked back at Sam, noticing the sweat on his brother's body as he moaned once again in his sleep. "I don't know, but if we don't get some help soon…Andy, do you think you can find this cabin? I would go, but someone needs to stay with Sam."

Andy shook his head. "Dean, look…why don't I stay with Sam. If Trisha returns and I'm not here, she'll make you do more to him…" Andy stopped as he saw the wounded look in Dean's eyes. He realized that Dean was already blaming himself for what had happened. "Dude, I'm sorry…I didn't think. I'll go…Sam needs you." Andy moved towards the door, but was stopped when Dean put his hand on Andy's sleeve.

"No, you're right. The best thing I can do for Sam is to get him help. But if you see Trisha, you use your gun…agreed?" Dean watched as Andy swallowed, but nodded his head.

"Ok Melissa, can you tell me where this cabin was?" Dean nodded his head as he got the directions from the woman. It had taken them about an hour in Sam's weakened condition…so he figured it would only take him half that time, maybe less.

"I'll be back before you know it Sammy." Dean said before he left to find help. He just hoped that he was able to do a better job at this than he had done protecting his brother. "I'm so sorry Sammy." Dean thought as he trudged into the forest and disappeared.

TBC

Raven524: Ok, so after tonight none of this may make sense, but I guess I'll finish it no matter what happens. I thought I'd get one more chapter in before tonight's episode…hope you all don't mind the early post. Only 2 more hours and I can relax and watch hunted! I can't stand it!!!